A34—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, Novamber 21,19tl
The newest addition to the Frey farm was which houses dry cows on the left and heifers
the completion of this open-sided free-stall on the right
__ sisters are corporation members
if wav and his mother Mary was a past
* member.
(Continued from Page A2B) Jay explained the farm should
not see any further physical ex
nulk into his touring car and began pansion. However, the youngest
delivering nulk door to door. son 0 t Armor and Mary Frey
Frey’s retail business grew over admitted that he will be con
the years as well as his six centrating on increasing the herd's
childrens’interest in the operation 18 ,000 pounds ot milk herd
The Frey family hand milked average
until J 940 and in 1946 expanded xhe large herd is fed a total
Irom 45 to 80 cows. The expansion mixed ration ot ground ear corn,
was accompanied by a tree stall haylage, ryelage (when
barn and a six-stall side-opening available), corn silage and
milking parlor. brewers gram along with a con
in 1948, Armor hrey sold lus cenlrate. Frey feeds in lour
retail to his sons Ulenn, production groups with cutolls of:
Emerson and Charles And almost pounds ot milk daily; 55 pounds
20 years later, Charles and ot milk; 45 pounds ot milkf and the
Emerson formed the convenience covw>
store chain Turkey Hill Mmit xhe original milking parlor was
Marts. . replaced with a double-18 that
Armor h rey passed away in 1969 includes automatic take-offs. And
but the farm continued to change large volume ot manure
and grow. created by the herd is moved by a
In addition to dairy processing, gravity-flow system, stored in an
the farm now includes a soup underground pit beneath the barn,
manufacturing plant which For now , the only testimony of
operates under the D&Blabel. che farm - s age ls , n the few
In the past when only family help yellowed deeds and the original
was used, the trey farm now front door to the farmhouse. And
employs 15 people or "excellent fp e F reys have proven in their
help, according to Jay Frey. But quest tor growth, that a farm’s
the large commercial dairy farm value cannot only be measured by
is still soley owned by Freys. Jay w tiac remains in the past but what
explained that all lus brothers and ahead in the future
Si-. '
STRIKE
IT
RICH!
SELL
IT
WITH
A
LANCASTER
FARMING
CLASSIFIED
Invitation To
MEETING & FARM VISIT
December 16. 1981
10:00 A.M.
Comments By
• DAIRYMAN OWNER
• NUTRITION SPECIALIST
• EQUIPMENT REPRESENTATIVE
Call for Reservation or Information:
ister & Cecil Co
717 529 2569
Bill
Lam
iter Co
717 299 5160 Ray
Bob
Jay Frey described his family’s
constant drive as "an inability to
turn down an opportunity for
progress.”
And it seems that the Freys
seized opportunity everytune it
knocked on the 1 80-year-old door.
All ‘dressed up’ with no where to go? These the flock but that trick won’t fool many
barnyard gobblers are keeping their feathers cooks when making their Thanksgiving dinner
ruffled to prove they're the toughest bird in selection. , :
REGAIN CONTROLLED
IDENTIFICATION
York Co
Denny
Adams & Franklin Co
mous logs,” Hazel said “We
wonder how they put them in
place ”
lovely, solid wamscoatuig
on an outside kitchen wall was
saved and moved to an inside wall
whan the kitchen was changed. '
A current project involves that they have tried to remodel old
remodeling the stone portion of the buildings and continue to use them
house which is basically one large* * n their current operation. Hogs,
room with an enormous fireplace instance, now occupy the
featuring a bake oven at the rear, bottom portion of the bam.
The fireplace has been rebncked !
and the next step is refinishing the An antique rocking chair and
hinged wooden doors. spinning wheel add a special flavor
as they are grouped by the log
wall. The chair belonged to Mark's
mother as a child and i Mark’s
grandmother remembers playing
with the spuming wheel in the attic
as a child. Other antique pieces
have been handed down; some
simply left in the attic to be un
covered by Mark and Hazel.
The basement of the house
features an arch cellar which was
used as a refrigerator by earlier
generations of Nestleroths
A stone on the barn bears the
date 1901, and the name Sam and
Agnes Bomberger, Mark’s great
grandfather and great grand
mother This family moved off the
farm for a period because of back
problems and for 32 years the farm
was rented while the Bombergers
lived on a small ten-acre property
near Elm.
Mark’s grandmother Callie
Nestleroth was bom in what is now
717 766 6723
717 264 3814
Nestleroth
(Continued from Page A29}
BETA Z COMPUTER
INDIVIDUAL MANAGEMENT
IN FREE STALL OPERATIONS ’
W & J DAIRY SALES
1202 Lloyds Rd.
Oxford, PA 19363
717-529-2569
the living room and lived in the
, home for nine years before the
family moved. As an only child,
she inherited the farm and Mark’s
father Carl returned to farm the
land as soon as he was old enough.
Several small outbuildings have
been taken down, but Hazel noted
The Nestleroth's have three
children. Stacy, 11, Beth, 8; and
Carolyn, b.
The Nestleroth’s are proud of
their heritage and plan to take care
of the land for succeeding
generations.
I
01